Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Tuesday's With Jess: Maeve Binchy

I started reading Maeve Binchy many years ago and really enjoyed her books. My absolute favourite of hers is The Glass Lake - also the first one of Maeve's books that I read. So I was saddened to hear that she passed away last week. A quote from www.newsday.com describes it just right regarding Maeve's books: "warm and gripping observations of life and family relationships in small-town Ireland."

Her books were a slow, sipping hot tea kind of read and she gave her readers a look into modern Irish life filled with romance (often of a sweet nature yet compelling and complex at the same time). Characters were deep and complicated and the plots compelling. I read so many of her books from our local library in my teens - they were just such a pleasure!

Farewell Maeve.

Note to Readers: Maeve Binchy's book are not Christian, but I found them to be some of the best outside of the Christian Fiction Genre.

Jess' favourite genre is contemporary women's fiction and contemporary romance fiction. She also enjoys historical fiction with a focus on romance. She loves books set in country towns or farms with a cowboy featured in either historical or contemporary settings.

She is currently writing her first novel, a contemporary women's fiction/romance set in a small country town.